Blairsville in Indiana County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Blairsville

Established 1825

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 12, 2025

1. Blairsville Marker

Inscription.

Named for John Blair,
President of the Huntingdon,
Cambria and Indiana
Turnpike Co.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1825.

Location. 40° 25.84′ N, 79° 15.269′ W. Marker is in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, in Indiana County. It is at the intersection of Market Street and Grandview Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Market Street. Marker is at the west entrance to Blairsville Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 465 Market Street, Blairsville PA 15717, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking

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distance of this marker: Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Blairsville PRR Depot (approx. 0.3 miles away); Dr. Edward Emerson & Dred Scott (approx. half a mile away); Site of Former Associate Reformed and United Presbyterian Churches (approx. half a mile away); George Wilkinson and the Kidnapping of 1858 (approx. half a mile away); Blairsville Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Blairsville Armory (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Blairsville.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 12, 2025

2. Blairsville Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 13, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 125 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 13, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.